Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
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Single-molecule studies of membrane protein structure, function and folding in membranes
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Eva Fortea, Sangyun Lee, Rahul Chadda, Yiorgos Argyros, Priyanka Sandal, Robyn Mahoney-Kruszka, Hatice Didar Ciftci, Maria E Falzone, Gerard Huysmans, Janice L Robertson, Olga Boudker & Alessio Accardi (2024). “Structural basis of pH-dependent activation in a CLC transporter” Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2024 Apr;31(4):644-656. doi: 10.1038/s41594-023-01210-5. Epub 2024 Jan 26. (Abstract)
Melanie Ernst, Esam A Orabi, Randy B Stockbridge, José D Faraldo-Gómez & Janice L Robertson (2023). “Dimerization mechanism of an inverted-topology ion channel in membranes” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Nov 21;120(47):e2308454120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2308454120. Epub 2023 Nov 13. (Abstract)
Melanie Ernst, Tugba N Ozturk, Janice L Robertson (2023). “A single-molecule method for measuring fluorophore labeling yields for the study of membrane protein oligomerization in membranes” PLoS One. 2023 Jan 20;18(1):e0280693. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280693. eCollection 2023. (Abstract)
Rahul Chadda, Taeho Lee, Robyn Mahoney-Kruszka, Elizabeth G Kelley, Nathan Bernhardt, Priyanka Sandal & Janice L Robertson (2023). “A thermodynamic analysis of CLC transporter dimerization in lipid bilayers” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Oct 10;120(41):e2305100120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2305100120. Epub 2023 Oct 3. (Abstract)
George R. Heath, Ekaterina Kots, Janice L. Robertson, Shifra Lansky, George Khelashvili, Harel Weinstein, & Simon Scheuring (2021). “Localization atomic force microscopy” Nature. 2021 Jun;594(7863):385-390. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03551-x. Epub 2021 Jun 16. (Abstract)
Melanie Ernst & Janice L. Robertson (2021). “The Role of the Membrane in Transporter Folding and Activity” J Mol Biol. 2021 Jun 15;167103. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167103. Online ahead of print.
Rahul Chadda, Nathan Bernhardt, Elizabeth G. Kelley, Susana Cm. Teixeira, Kacie Griffith, Alejandro Gil-Ley, Tuğba N. Öztürk, Lauren E. Hughes, Ana Forsythe, Venkatramanan Krishnamani, José D. Faraldo-Gómez, & Janice L. Robertson (2021). “Membrane transporter dimerization driven by differential lipid solvation energetics of dissociated and associated states” Elife. 2021 Apr 7;10:e63288. doi: 10.7554/eLife.63288. (Abstract)
Kacey Mersch, Tugba N. Ozturk, Kunwoong Park, Hyun-Ho Lim, & Janice L. Robertson (2021). “Altering CLC stoichiometry by reducing non-polar side-chains at the dimerization interface” J Mol Biol. 2021 Feb 20;433(8):166886. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166886. Online ahead of print. (Abstract)
Robertson J.L. (2018). “The lipid bilayer membrane and its protein constituents.” J Gen Physiol. 2018 Nov 5;150(11):1472-1483. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201812153. Epub 2018 Sep 25. (Abstract)